Ozalces of Cyrenaica

Ozalces of Cyrenaica (died 257 BC) was King of Cyrenaica from 259 to 257 BC, succeeding Viriathus and preceding Hiempsal.

Biography
Ozalces was born in Cyrenaica to a Hellenized Libyan family, and he became a member of the aristocracy of an independent Cyrenaica after its secession from Ptolemaic Egypt in 272 BC. In 259 BC, he succeeded Viriathus of Cyrenaica as King after Viriathus was killed in a revolt in Paraitonion (Mersa Matruh), and he reigned from Cyrene. In 257 BC, he was slain during Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus' reconquest of Cyrene from the secessionists, leaving Hiempsal as the last (and landless) ruler of Cyrenaica.